Also in the United Kingdom many churches are in decline. But there are good exceptions of churches, which are growing. St Thomas dubbled in numbers in the last 4-8 eight years (Both locations Crookes and Philadephia) The story of St. Thomas’ Church – Sheffield In 1994 Mike Breen became the Rector of St. Tom’s. Mike developed [...]
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“Als Nederland in 50 jaar dramatisch kan seculariseren, dan moet het ook mogelijk zijn, dat Nederland in 50 jaar opnieuw bij God terugkomt.” Ik verwacht dat Missionaire Communities een belangrijke kans bieden aan kerken om meer missionair te worden. Deze principes zijn ontwikkeld in St Thomas Church in Sheffield onder leiding van Mike Breen. Het werd [...]
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The perspective that Mike Breen (3DM) has of the Netherlands (Holland). What might God do in building a movement of discipleship and mission in the Netherlands? The Dutch are great innovators! 17 Dutch leaders visited St Thomas in Sheffield where 3DM started with missional communities. There were exited about what they discovered ……. in Dutch [...]
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The Student Church of St Thomas Crookes Sheffield had an amazing growth in the last 8 years, thanks to the use of missional communities. More information – St Thomas Crookes - Church for Students in Sheffield (UK)
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More on their website Above Bar Church – Southhampton Missional Communities are mid-sized groups (normally between 15 and 50 people) which share a common passion to reach a particular area or group of people. They are vibrant communities where God’s love is shared and experienced, with a clear focus on mission. Missional communities come in [...]
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How do you transition a small group to a Missional Community? How do you transition a small group to a Missional Community? from 3DM on Vimeo. UP – IN – OUT Our MC is starting with 6-10 people. What should we start doing to grow to 20-50? from 3DM on Vimeo. Missional communities in a [...]
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How can I build an extended family on mission when everyone is so busy? How can I build an extended family on mission when everyone is so busy? from 3DM on Vimeo.
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What is a missional community – Mike Breen
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Jeff Vanderstelt and his Missional Community at Soma Communities share their heart for wanting to see Jesus glorified in their neighborhood and all of Tacoma. We are a family on mission sent by God to serve our world and continually learn how to walk in his ways. Soma (Greek = Body) is often called missional, gospel-centered, an Acts [...]
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Op dinsdag 31 januari 2012 was ik te gast voor een interview bij Evert ten Ham in Café Tinto op de zender Family7. Het kan toch niet zo zijn dat we als christenen bij de pakken neerzitten en berusten in de neergang van de kerk. Er zijn erg veel onkerkelijke jonge mensen, die eigenlijk interesseerd zijn, maar zelf [...]
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In Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus shares a parable of the seed and the weed. The Lord has sown the seed. The enemy has sown the weed. Both are growing together. But many Christians fear the power of the weed. As illustrated in the picture below, they fear that the seed is not doing so well in [...]
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Our dream is that we fundamentally change the way we do church. That we take a clean sheet of paper and rethink all of our old assumptions Long before “missional” became a church buzzword lighting up the blogosphere (and on the lips of such evangelicals as Andy Stanley, Francis Chan, Alan Hirsch, etc), a church [...]
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Hieronder staat de tekst van het artikel over Geloven 2050 in het ND. Je kunt hier MEER vinden over GELOVEN 2050 Artikel in het Nederlands Dagblad – Nederland in vijftig jaar terug naar God DRIEBERGEN – 13 januari 2012 Nederland in vijftig jaar terugbrengen naar God. Dat is de ‘ambitieuze maar haalbare missie’ volgens directeur [...]
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It is smarter to travel in groups VIDEO - The Pinguins VIDEO - The Fireflies VIDEO - The Ants VIDEO - The Crabs
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It’s time we start being brutally honest about the missional movement that has emerged in the last 10-15 years: Chances are better than not it’s going to fail. That may seem cynical, but I’m being realistic. There is a reason so many movements in the Western church have failed in the past century: They are [...]
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More information Exponential Conference 2012 – Orlando USA – 23-26 april 2012 Zelf was ik er niet bij in 2011, maar initiatieven als EXPONENTIAL zijn erg de moeite waard ! Rudolf Setz van “Nederland zoekt” was er wel bij in 2011 en schreef een verslag voor het ND – Artikel ND over Exonential 2011 Meer [...]
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We will be asking some of the leading thinkers and practitioners to answer 7 of the most frequently asked questions about missional communities. In this installment, Mike Breen tackles the question, “What is a missional community?” When link is not working – try this one – Mike Breen about missional communities What do you think [...]
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NOTITIES – Seminar Mark Stibbe over Mission Shaped Communities (door Paul Abspoel) 24 januari 2011 Voor de mensen die er graag bij hadden willen zijn, maar niet van deze bijeenkomst wisten… Voor de mensen die er graag bij hadden willen zijn, maar andere verplichtingen hadden. Voor de mensen die er bij waren maar alles nog eens rustig willen [...]
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